Jelly-jar and cover therefor.



J. L. KIVLAN.

JELLY JAR AND COVER THEREFOR.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 26. 1915.

3 547 Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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JELLY-JAB AND COVER THEREFOR,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1915..

Application filed. July 26, 1915. Serial No. 11,885.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. IIIVLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Jelly-Jars and Covers Therefor, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has-for its object an imshown my invention as embodied in a tumbler and cover such as is ordinarily employed to contain jelly. It will be understood, however, that I do not limit myself by so doing since the invention may be embodied in a variety of other receptacles. I have also shown the tumbler as made of glass and the cover of tin plate, because that is the form in which I have actually embodied my invention. It will be understood, however, that other materials may be employed both for the receptacle and for the cover.

The device embodying my invention is so constructed that the cover may be easily and instantly removed even though a vacuum is formed beneath it, as is frequently the case. During the removal of the cover, it is not necessary to punch a hole in it, or otherwise to injure it, as has heretofore been frequently the case with other forms of covers. No' tool of any kind is required to remove the cover. The cover of the jar is in no way injured, and therefore may be used repeatedly. Provision is also made so that the cover may be sealed hermetically by the use of hot wax, parafiin wax, or the like.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims atthe close of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in I perspective of the jelly tumbler and cover embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the cover lifter in the position occupied by it during the removal of the cover from the jar. Fig. 1 is a section on line showing the manner of sealing the cover to the jar.

Referring to the drawings, at 11 is shown the receptacle or tumbler which in the form shown in the drawings is of glass; the upper edge of the tumbler being formed with two cylindrical upwardly projecting beads 12 and 13 separated from each other by a groove 14. The inner head 12 is slightly higher than the outer bead and its outer face a is substantially cylindrical. The outer bead forms an abutment for use particularly in the operation of the means bywhich the cover is removed.

The cover 15 may be made from tinplate with a downturned lip 16 substantially cylindrical in shape, but slightly smaller at the top than atthe bottom so that as the cover is forced onto the inner bead 12 it tends to grip the exterior of the bead tightly. A small groove is left between the exterior of the lip 16 and the outer head 13 when the cover is in place, and this space isisufficient to receive a small quantity of melted wax such as paraffin wax by means of which the cover and jar may be hermetically sealed together.

At 17 is shown the cover lifter composed of a U-shaped loop of wire each leg of which is bent at right angles at Z2. The cover lifter 17 is hinged to the cover by a lug 18 formed adjacent the lower edge of the cover 15 and is capable of being swung relatively to the cover. The cover lifter is preferably of the U-shape shown in the drawings, but it will be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular shape. When the cover is in place on the jar, the cover lifter lies with one part c of each leg parallel to and closely adjacent the upper surface of the cover and the other part (Z of each leg in a substan- I tially vertical position adjacent the exterioredge of the downwardly extending lip of the cover. This permits the cover to be forced down into the place with the lug 18 to which the cover lifter is hinged just within the groove between the beads 12 and 18 on the jar. When it is desired to remove the cover, the cover lifter is raised to the -'accomplished by inserting the operators finger nail under the edge of the cover lifter; further movement of the cover lifter fulcrums the portion d on the abutment or bead 13 and thereafter the cover lifter opcrates as a lever topry up the edge of the cover. The first part of the movement of the cover lifter exerts no force on the cover and therefore may be" accomplished easily by the finger nail,*thus permitting the finger to be inserted and the necessary force which however is relatively small tobe exerted. It will be seen that this does not in any way injure ordistort the cover and that the cover may be used again with equal success; also that whenvthe cover is in place on the jar ortumbler there is no protruding member which can catch or interfere with the packing of the tumblers.

What I claim is:

1. A jar having its top terminating in two concentric, annular, upwardly extending lips forming an annular groove between them, a cover which'has a downwardly extending annular flange which fits over the outside of the inner lip of the jar top, and a lever hinged at one end to the cover flange near its lower edge, said lever being bent intermediate its ends whereby the portion of the lever between the elbow and the free and may lie on top of the cover, the outerlip of the jar serving as a fulcrum on which the portion of the lever between the hinge and the elbow of the lever may be made to engage when the lever is turned backward on its hinge.

2. A jar having its top terminating in is an annular space between said cover flange and the outer lip of the jar, and a lever hinged at one end to the cover flange near its lower edge, said lever being bent intermediate its ends whereby the portion of the lever between the elbow and the free end may lie on top of the cover, the outer lip of the jar serving as a fulcrum on which the portion of the lever between the hinge and the elbow of the lever may be made to engage when the lever is turned backward on its hinge.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

v JOHN K'IVLANQ Witnesses:

GEORGE P. Dina,

Anon H. MoRRIsoN. 

